ex·tinct

/ikˈstiNG(k)t,ekˈstiNG(k)t/

adjective: extinct

1. (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.
2. (of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history.

Origin

late Middle English (in the sense ‘no longer alight’): from Latin exstinct- ‘extinguished’, from the verb exstinguere (see extinguish).

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